KR20140143073A - Electronic device and method for providing information of battery in the electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device includes: a storing unit for storing an application usage history and a controlling unit for dividing the entire battery capacity into at least one logical battery and allocating at least one application to each of one or more logical batteries according to the application usage history. Also, various other embodiments of the present invention can be realized accordingly.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method for providing battery information in an electronic device and an electronic device,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of providing battery information in electronic devices and electronic devices.

Recently, with the development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as a portable computer, a portable telephone, and a smart phone using a battery are increasing. In such electronic devices, battery information according to the charging or discharging state of the battery is very important for the user to use the electronic device. For example, the remaining battery level information indicating how much battery power remains in the electronic device is necessary to store the data currently being operated or to protect the electronic device before the battery is discharged. Also, in the electronic device, the remaining battery level information is also needed to make it possible to predict how much the user can use the electronic device. Today, electronic devices are trying various ways to provide battery information to users.

On the other hand, electronic apparatuses such as portable computers, portable telephones, smart phones, and the like have many functions and can independently perform functions of a number of functions. Many functions can be provided in the form of applications. However, electronic devices have only one battery that supplies power for multiple functions. Therefore, when the user uses one function of the electronic device, if the battery power is exhausted, the user can not use other functions.

For example, if you have a phone feature, a GPS feature, and a web browser feature, when you want to use the phone feature after browsing the web. If the battery power is exhausted, the user can not use the telephone function. Therefore, the user must predict the battery remaining amount for using each function in advance. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to check the battery capacity of each function which should be left for each function with the remaining battery capacity.

Therefore, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide a battery information providing method in an electronic device and an electronic device that allows a user to allocate each logical battery amount for each function of an electronic device by dividing the battery into functional batteries Can be provided.

Further, according to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to divide a battery into logical batteries in an electronic device and automatically assign a function to a logical battery according to a user's usage history, for example, It is possible to provide a battery information providing method in an electronic device and an electronic device that can allocate a battery amount to a function to be used as a function or a preferred function with priority.

In addition, according to embodiments of the present invention, by displaying the remaining capacity for each logical battery according to the power consumption consumed by the use of each function assigned to the divided logical battery, the user can calculate the battery capacity allocated for each function It is possible to provide a battery information providing method in an electronic device and an electronic device that can confirm the battery information.

According to embodiments of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned objects, there is provided an electronic device comprising: a storage unit for storing an application usage history; And a controller for dividing the entire battery capacity into at least one logical battery and allocating at least one application to each of the at least one logical battery according to the application usage history.

According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing battery information in an electronic device, the method comprising: storing an application usage history; and allocating at least one application to each of at least one logical battery in accordance with the application usage history .

According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a method for providing battery information, the program comprising the steps of: storing an application usage history in a mobile terminal; storing, in each of at least one or more logical batteries, Allocating at least one application and performing an operation of providing a remaining capacity for each of the at least one logical battery according to a power consumption consumed by using at least one application allocated to the at least one logical battery .

According to various embodiments of the present invention, a battery may be divided into a logical battery for each function or application, so that a user can allocate each logical battery amount for each function or application of the electronic device.

 Further, according to various embodiments of the present invention, by dividing a battery into logical batteries in an electronic device and automatically assigning a function to a logical battery according to a usage history of the user, for example, It is possible to allocate the battery amount to the essential function or the preferred function with priority.

Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, by displaying the remaining capacity for each logical battery according to the power consumption consumed by the use of each function or application allocated to the divided logical battery, So that the remaining capacity of the battery can be confirmed.

In addition, according to various embodiments of the present invention, one application can be allocated to each of the divided logical batteries, and a category including at least one application can be allocated, so that each logical battery is used for one application purpose And it can be used for applications corresponding to a plurality of the same categories.

In addition, according to various embodiments of the present invention, among the icons to be displayed on the home screen, an icon of an application not allocated to a logical battery is disabled or prevented from being displayed, thereby restricting the use of an application not allocated to a logical battery have.

In addition, according to various embodiments of the present invention, application execution corresponding to a discharged logical battery in a logical battery discharge can be blocked, thereby limiting application usage so that an application can be used only for a logical battery capacity. For example, when a game application is allocated to one logical battery, the game application is blocked when the logical battery capacity is exhausted, thereby limiting the game application to only a predetermined logical battery capacity.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a front perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a rear perspective view of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram of a logical battery management unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flow chart of a logical battery partitioning operation and a function or application allocation operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram of a logical battery split screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating a function or application allocation screen to a logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a logical battery indicator display according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart of a logical battery partitioning and application allocation operation using a function or application usage history according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show an example of a table showing an application usage history according to an embodiment of the present invention
12 is a flowchart illustrating a logical battery capacity display operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a diagram illustrating a logical battery remaining capacity display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an adjustment operation of a logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a diagram illustrating a logical battery adjustment screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a flowchart of an operation for allocating at least one application to each logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a category or application assignment screen for a logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of displaying an application icon on a home screen screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a home screen screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
20 is a flowchart of at least one logical battery discharge operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 illustrate a screen image at least one logical battery discharge according to an embodiment of the present invention.
23 is a view showing a logical battery reset screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It is to be noted that the same elements among the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible. In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

Embodiments of the present invention can be applied to any electronic apparatus capable of performing a function or an application and powered by a battery. For example, the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a user terminal of a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet PC, or the like. In the embodiments of the present invention, a portable terminal will be described as an example.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic device 100 may be connected to an external device (not shown) using a mobile communication module 120, a sub communication module 130, and a connector 165. "External device" includes other devices (not shown), a cell phone (not shown), a smart phone (not shown), a tablet PC (not shown) and a server (not shown).

Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic device 100 (hereinafter also referred to as a portable terminal) includes a touch screen 190 and a touch screen controller 195. The portable terminal 100 includes a controller 110, a mobile communication module 120, a sub communication module 130, a multimedia module 140, a camera module 150, a GPS module 155, an input / output module 160, a sensor module 170, a storage unit 175, and a power supply unit 180. The sub communication module 130 includes at least one of a wireless LAN module 131 and a local communication module 132. The multimedia module 140 includes a broadcasting communication module 141, an audio reproduction module 142, (143). The camera module 150 includes at least one of a first camera 151 and a second camera 152. The input / output module 160 includes a button 161, a microphone 162, a speaker 163, A motor 164, a connector 165, and a keypad 166.

The control unit 110 includes a CPU (Central Processor Unit) 111, a ROM 112 storing a control program for controlling the portable terminal 100, and a signal or data input from the outside of the portable terminal 100 Or a RAM (RAM) 113 used as a storage area for a work performed in the portable terminal 100. The CPU 111 may include a single core, a dual core, a triple core, or a quad core. The CPU 111, the ROM 112, and the RAM 113 may be interconnected via an internal bus.

The control unit 110 includes a mobile communication module 120, a sub communication module 130, a multimedia module 140, a camera module 150, a GPS module 155, an input / output module 160, a sensor module 170, A storage unit 175, a power supply unit 180, a touch screen 190, and a touch screen controller 195, as shown in FIG. That is, the controller 110 performs an overall control function for the portable terminal 100 and can control the signal flow between the components.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the controller 110 may divide the battery into at least one or more logical batteries to set the capacity of at least one logical battery and to assign a function or an application to each of the at least one logical battery . Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the controller 110 may control to display at least one logical battery indicator to which a function or application is assigned. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the controller 110 determines the capacity of a logical battery using a function or an application usage history, and controls to allocate at least one application to each of at least one logical battery according to an application usage history . Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the controller 110 may calculate the remaining capacity for each of the at least one logical battery using the power consumption used by the function or application assigned to the at least one logical battery, The remaining capacity for each of the above logical batteries can be controlled to be displayed. In addition, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the controller 110 may control the execution of an application corresponding to a discharged logical battery when one of the logical batteries is discharged. Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the control unit 110 can control logical battery addition or deletion, and can control the logical battery capacity change. Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the controller 110 may control the logical battery to be assigned a category including at least one application or to allocate one application. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the control unit 110 can control the icon of the application not allocated to the logical battery among the icons to be displayed on the home screen when the home screen is displayed to be controlled or deactivated, The icon of the application assigned to the logical battery can be controlled not to be displayed. Also, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the controller 110 may display a warning message when at least one logical battery is discharged, and may control the execution of an application corresponding to the discharged logical battery to be blocked. According to various embodiments of the present invention, when at least one or more logical batteries are discharged, the control unit 110 displays a password input request message and switches to a normal battery operation mode or performs a logical battery reset have.

The mobile communication module 120 connects the portable terminal 100 to an external device through at least one or more than one antenna (not shown) under the control of the controller 110 through mobile communication. The mobile communication module 120 is connected to the portable terminal 100 through a cellular phone having a telephone number input to the portable terminal 100, a smart phone (not shown), a tablet PC or other device (not shown) , A text message (SMS), or a multimedia message (MMS).

The sub communication module 130 may include at least one of a wireless LAN module 131 and a local area communication module 132. For example, it may include only the wireless LAN module 131, only the short range communication module 132, or both the wireless LAN module 131 and the short range communication module 132.

The wireless LAN module 131 may be connected to the Internet at a place where a wireless access point (not shown) is installed under the control of the controller 110. [ The wireless LAN module 131 supports the IEEE 802.11x standard of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The short-range communication module 132 can perform short-range wireless communication between the portable terminal 100 and the image forming apparatus (not shown) under the control of the controller 110. [ The local area communication method may include bluetooth, infrared data association (IrDA), and the like.

The portable terminal 100 may include at least one of a mobile communication module 120, a wireless LAN module 131, and a local communication module 132 according to performance. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may include a combination of the mobile communication module 120, the wireless LAN module 131, and the local communication module 132 according to performance.

The multimedia module 140 may include a broadcasting communication module 141, an audio reproducing module 142, or a moving picture reproducing module 143. The broadcast communication module 141 receives a broadcast signal (e.g., a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, or a data broadcast signal) transmitted from a broadcast station through a broadcast communication antenna (not shown) under the control of the controller 110, (E. G., An Electric Program Guide (EPS) or an Electric Service Guide (ESG)). The audio playback module 142 may play back a digital audio file (e.g., a file having a file extension of mp3, wma, ogg, or wav) that is stored or received under the control of the controller 110. [ The moving picture playback module 143 may play back digital moving picture files (e.g., files having file extensions mpeg, mpg, mp4, avi, mov, or mkv) stored or received under the control of the controller 110. [ The moving picture reproducing module 143 can reproduce the digital audio file.

The multimedia module 140 may include an audio reproduction module 142 and a moving picture reproduction module 143 except for the broadcasting communication module 141. [ The audio reproducing module 142 or the moving picture reproducing module 143 of the multimedia module 140 may be included in the controller 100.

The camera module 150 may include at least one of a first camera 151 and a second camera 152 for capturing still images or moving images under the control of the controller 110. [ In addition, the first camera 151 or the second camera 152 may include an auxiliary light source (e.g., a flash (not shown)) for providing the light amount necessary for photographing. The first camera 151 may be disposed on the front surface of the portable terminal 100 and the second camera 152 may be disposed on the rear surface of the portable terminal 100. The distance between the first camera 151 and the second camera 152 is larger than 1 cm and smaller than 8 cm) in a manner different from the first camera 151 and the second camera 152 Dimensional still image or a three-dimensional moving image.

The GPS module 155 receives radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites (not shown) on the earth orbit and uses the time of arrival from the GPS satellites (not shown) to the mobile terminal 100 The position of the portable terminal 100 can be calculated.

The input / output module 160 includes a plurality of buttons 161, a microphone 162, a speaker 163, a vibration motor 164, a connector 165, and a keypad 166, an earphone connection jack 167, (168).

The button 161 may be formed on the front, side, or rear surface of the housing of the portable terminal 100 and may include a power button (not shown), a lock button (not shown), a volume button Button, a home button, a back button, and a search button 161.

The microphone 162 receives a voice or a sound under the control of the controller 110 and generates an electrical signal.

The speaker 163 may transmit various signals (for example, a radio signal, a broadcast signal, a radio signal, a radio signal, a radio signal, a radio signal, and the like) of the mobile communication module 120, the sub communication module 130, the multimedia module 140, or the camera module 150 under the control of the controller 110. [ A digital audio file, a digital moving picture file, a picture photographing, or the like) to the outside of the portable terminal 100. The speaker 163 can output a sound corresponding to the function performed by the portable terminal 100 (e.g., a button operation sound corresponding to a telephone call or a ring back tone). The speaker 163 may be formed at one or a plurality of appropriate positions or positions of the housing of the terminal 100.

The vibration motor 164 can convert an electrical signal into a mechanical vibration under the control of the control unit 110. [ For example, when the mobile terminal 100 in the vibration mode receives a voice call from another apparatus (not shown), the vibration motor 164 operates. And may be formed in the housing of the portable terminal 100 in one or more. The vibration motor 164 may operate in response to the user's touching operation on the touch screen 190 and the continuous movement of the touch on the touch screen 190.

The connector 165 may be used as an interface for connecting the portable terminal 100 to an external device (not shown) or a power source (not shown). The data stored in the storage unit 175 of the portable terminal 100 is transmitted to an external device (not shown) through a cable connected to the connector 165 under the control of the control unit 110 or an external device ). ≪ / RTI > Power can be input from a power source (not shown) or can be charged to a battery (not shown) through a wired cable connected to the connector 165. [

The keypad 166 may receive a key input from a user for control of the mobile terminal 100. [ The keypad 166 includes a physical keypad (not shown) formed on the portable terminal 100 or a virtual keypad (not shown) displayed on the touch screen 190. A physical keypad (not shown) formed in the portable terminal 100 may be excluded depending on the performance or structure of the portable terminal 100. [

The input unit 168 may be a stylus pen or the like and may be connected to the earphone connecting jack 167 through an earphone jack (not shown) And can be taken out or removed from the portable terminal 100 when using the portable terminal.

The sensor module 170 includes at least one sensor for detecting the state of the portable terminal 100. [ For example, the sensor module 170 may include a proximity sensor for detecting whether or not the user accesses the portable terminal 100, an illuminance sensor (not shown) for detecting the amount of light around the portable terminal 100, (Not shown) that detects the operation of the terminal 100 (e.g., rotation of the portable terminal 100, acceleration or vibration applied to the portable terminal 100). At least one of the sensors may detect the state, generate a signal corresponding to the detection, and transmit the signal to the control unit 110. The sensor of the sensor module 170 may be added or deleted depending on the performance of the portable terminal 100.

The storage unit 175 is connected to the mobile communication module 120, the sub communication module 130, the multimedia module 140, the camera module 150, the GPS module 155, the input / And may store signals or data input / output corresponding to the operation of the touch panel 160, the sensor module 170, and the touch screen 190. The storage unit 175 may store control programs and applications for controlling the portable terminal 100 or the control unit 110. [

In particular, the storage unit 175 may include information on a user interface provided in the portable terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information on such a user interface includes at least one input type, input according to each of at least one input type, and the like.

The term "storage unit" includes a storage unit 175, a ROM 112 in the control unit 110, a RAM 113 or a memory card (not shown) Stick). The storage unit may include a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD).

The power supply unit 180 may supply power to one or a plurality of batteries (not shown) disposed in the housing of the portable terminal 100 under the control of the controller 110. One or a plurality of batteries (not shown) supplies power to the portable terminal 100. In addition, the power supply unit 180 can supply power input from an external power source (not shown) to the portable terminal 100 through a cable connected to the connector 165.

The touch screen 190 may provide a user interface corresponding to various services (e.g., call, data transmission, broadcasting, photographing) to the user. The touch screen 190 may transmit an analog signal corresponding to at least one touch input to the user interface to the touch screen controller 195. The touch screen 190 can receive at least one touch through a user's body (e.g., a finger including a thumb) or a touchable input means (e.g., a stylus pen). Also, the touch screen 190 can receive a continuous movement of one touch among at least one touch. The touch screen 190 may transmit an analog signal corresponding to the continuous movement of the input touch to the touch screen controller 195.

In particular, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen 190 may display at least one logical battery indicator under the control of the controller 110.

In various embodiments of the present invention, the touch is not limited to the touch of the touch screen 190 with the user's body or touchable input means, but rather may be a contactless (e.g., touch screen 190 and a user's body or touchable input means, And a detectable interval of 1 mm or less). The interval that can be detected by the touch screen 190 may be changed according to the performance or structure of the portable terminal 100. [ The touch screen 190 may be a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared type, an EMR (Electronic Magnetic Resonance) type or an ultrasonic type acoustic waves, and the like, and may be implemented by combining one or more methods.

The touch screen controller 195 converts the received analog signal from the touch screen 190 into a digital signal (e.g., X and Y coordinates) and transmits the converted signal to the controller 110. [ The controller 110 may control the touch screen 190 using the digital signal received from the touch screen controller 195. For example, the control unit 110 may cause a shortcut icon (not shown) displayed on the touch screen 190 to be selected or a shortcut icon (not shown) in response to a touch. Also, the touch screen controller 195 may be included in the control unit 110. [

The control unit 110 may detect various user inputs received through the camera module 150, the input / output module 160, and the sensor module 170 as well as the touch screen 190. The user input may include various types of information input into the portable terminal 100 such as a gesture, a voice, a pupil movement, and a bio-signal of the user as well as the touch. The control unit 110 may control the mobile terminal 100 to perform a predetermined operation or function corresponding to the detected user input.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3, a touch screen 190 is disposed at the center of the front surface 100a of the portable terminal 100. [ The touch screen 190 may be formed to occupy most of the front surface 100a of the portable terminal 100. [ 2, an example in which the main screen is displayed on the touch screen 190 is shown. The main home screen is the first screen displayed on the touch screen 190 when the portable terminal 100 is powered on. Also, if the portable terminal 100 has different home pages of several pages, the main home page may be the first one of the home pages of the plurality of pages. Shortcut icons 191-1, 191-2, and 191-3 for executing frequently used applications, a main menu switching icon 191-4, time, weather, and the like may be displayed on the home screen. The main menu switching icon 191-4 displays a menu screen on the touch screen 190. [ A status bar 192 may be provided on the touch screen 190 to indicate the status of the portable terminal 100 such as a battery charging status, a received signal strength, and a current time.

A home button 161a, a menu button 161b, and a back button 161c may be formed on the lower portion of the touch screen 190.

The home button 161a displays a main home screen on the touch screen 190. [ For example, when the home button 161a is touched while the home screen or any other home screen or menu screen is displayed on the touch screen 190, the touch screen 190 displays a main home screen Can be displayed. In addition, when the home button 191a is touched while applications are being executed on the touch screen 190, the main home screen shown in FIG. 2 may be displayed on the touch screen 190. FIG. Home button 161a may also be used to display recently used applications on the touch screen 190 or to display a Task Manager.

The menu button 161b provides a connection menu that can be used on the touch screen 190. The connection menu may include a widget addition menu, a background screen change menu, a search menu, an edit menu, a configuration menu, and the like. The back button 161c may display a screen that was executed immediately before the currently executed screen, or may terminate the most recently used application.

The first camera 151, the illuminance sensor 170a, and the proximity sensor 170b may be disposed at the edge of the front surface 100a of the portable terminal 100. [ A second camera 152, a flash 153, and a speaker 163 may be disposed on the rear surface 100c of the portable terminal 100. [

A power button 160d, volume buttons 161e to 161g, a terrestrial DMB antenna 141a for broadcasting reception, one or more microphones 162, and the like are provided on the side surface 100b of the portable terminal 100 . The DMB antenna 141a may be fixed to the mobile terminal 100 or may be detachable.

A connector 165 is formed on the lower side surface of the portable terminal 100. A plurality of electrodes are formed on the connector 165 and may be connected to an external device by wire. An earphone connection jack 167 may be formed on the upper side of the portable terminal 100. An earphone can be inserted into the earphone connection jack 167.

In addition, an input unit 168 may be formed on the lower side surface of the portable terminal 100. The input unit 168 can be inserted and stored in the portable terminal 100 and can be taken out and removed from the portable terminal 100 during use. The input unit 168 may be a stylus pen or the like.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 110 of the portable terminal 100 configured as described above divides a battery into at least one logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention, A control operation necessary for assigning a function or an application to each logical battery may be performed according to a function of the terminal 100 or an application usage history. Also, the controller 110 may perform a control operation to display the remaining capacity for each logical battery according to the amount of power consumed by each function or application used in the logical battery. In addition, the controller 110 may perform a control operation for adjusting the division of the logical battery and the allocation of the logical battery according to the user's history of using the portable terminal 100 or the user's request.

The control unit 110 includes a logical battery management unit 400 and can perform the control operation through the logical battery management unit 400. [

4 is a configuration diagram of a logical battery management unit 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, the logical battery management unit 400 may include a battery partitioning module 410, a battery indicator module 420, an application usage history management module 430, and a logical battery management module 440.

The battery partitioning module 410 may divide the battery into at least one or more logical batteries. For example, the battery may be one or a plurality of physical batteries, and the battery division module 410 may divide the entire battery capacity of one or a plurality of physical batteries into at least one battery capacity, It can be created as a virtual logical battery. The at least one logical battery may include a logical battery for emergency to be used in an emergency or a logical battery for a minimum system necessary for the system operation of the portable terminal 100. The emergency logical battery or the logical battery for the system may be marked as being inaccessible by the user. According to another embodiment, the emergency logical battery or the logical battery for the system may not be included in the logical battery partitioning target, but may be a default value within the portable terminal 100. The battery partitioning module 410 may allocate a function or an application to the logical battery according to a user's history of use of the portable terminal 100 or a user's request. In addition, the battery partitioning module 410 can adjust the division of the logical battery and the function or application allocation according to the user's history of use of the portable terminal 100 or the user's request. For example, the battery partitioning module 410 may divide a logical battery by category, assign a category to each divided logical battery, divide a logical battery by application, and allocate an application to each divided logical battery .

The battery indicator module 420 generates an indicator representing each of at least one or more logical batteries and displays an indicator indicating the remaining battery capacity of each of the logical batteries and the function or application assigned to each logical battery on the touch screen 190 can do.

The application usage history management module 430 may store a function or an application usage history by a user in the storage unit 175 and may manage a usage history such as how long or how often the application is used or how often. For example, the application usage history management module 430 may determine which function or application is used most frequently based on the usage time of the function or application used by the user for a predetermined period. Also, the application usage history management module 430 can determine which function or applications of the portable terminal 100 are most frequently used by the user. Also, the application usage history management module 430 can determine which function or application is mainly used.

The logical battery management module 440 may calculate the remaining capacity for each logical battery and provide the logical battery remaining capacity according to the power consumption consumed by the use of each function or application allocated to the logical battery. The logical battery remaining capacity may be displayed on the touch screen 190. For example, the logical battery management module 440 may calculate the remaining capacity for each logical battery according to the power consumption consumed by application usage allocated to each logical battery, and provide the logical battery remaining capacity. As another example, the logical battery management module 440 may calculate the remaining capacity for each logical battery according to the power consumption consumed for each category by using at least one application in the category, and provide the logical battery remaining capacity have. At this time, the logical battery management module 400 has a separate application list management module (not shown) for each category, and can manage the application list for each category.

Hereinafter, the operation of the portable terminal 100 having the logical battery management unit 400 as described above to logically partition the battery and allocate functions or applications to the logical battery will be described in detail.

5 is a flowchart of a logical battery partitioning operation and a function or application allocation operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the portable terminal 100 may enter the battery division mode at 510 operation. The portable terminal 100 may enter the battery division mode in response to a battery division request by a user input such as a touch input or may enter the battery division mode automatically according to a predetermined condition.

As the portable terminal 100 enters the battery division mode, the portable terminal 100 can display the battery division screen through the display unit such as the touch screen 190 in operation 520. The portable terminal 100 may divide the battery into at least one logical battery using the battery split screen in operation 530. [ In addition, the portable terminal 100 may set the capacity of at least one logical battery in operation 540. [

For example, the portable terminal 100 may represent the total capacity of one or a plurality of physical batteries by one battery, and the portable terminal 100 may be divided into a divided capacity At least one virtual logical battery having at least one virtual logical battery. The at least one logical battery may include a logical battery for emergency to be used in an emergency or a logical battery for a minimum system necessary for the system operation of the portable terminal 100. The emergency logical battery or the logical battery for the system may be marked as being inaccessible by the user. According to another embodiment, the emergency logical battery or the logical battery for the system may not be included in the logical battery partitioning target, but may be a default value within the portable terminal 100.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a logical battery split screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6, the portable terminal 100 displays an original battery 610 that displays the total capacity of one or a plurality of physical batteries as one battery as shown in FIG. 6 (a) on the battery split screen 600 . The user can select the battery division button 620 in the state where the original battery 610 is displayed to input a battery division request. When the battery division request type portable terminal 100 is a first logical battery original battery 610, such as the 6 (b) (1 ^st Battery) (612) and the second logical battery (2 ^nd Battery) (614 ). At this time, according to the user's choice, N additional division such as a third logical battery (3 ^RD Battery) (not shown) and a fourth logical battery (4 ^TH Battery) (not shown)

The portable terminal 100 may determine the battery capacity of each of the first logical battery (1 ^st Battery) 612 and the second logical battery (2 ^nd Battery) 614 as shown in (c) Can be set. At this time, initially, each divided battery capacity is divided equally, and the capacity of each battery may be set differently according to user selection. For example, the user first logical battery (1 ^st Battery) (612) and the second logical battery (2 ^nd Battery) (614), the first logical battery capacity adjuster 630 between (1 ^st Battery) (612 ) Or to the first logical battery (1 ^st Battery) 614 side.

Referring again to FIG. 5, the portable terminal 100 may allocate a function or an application to each of at least one or more logical batteries in operation 550. FIG. At this time, each logical battery may be assigned not only one function or an application, but also a function or an application folder in which one or more functions or applications are grouped.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen for assigning a function or an application to a logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7, the portable terminal 100 is a battery-divided at least one or more logical battery for example, the first logical batteries divided on the screen (600) (1 ^st Battery) (612) and the second logical battery (2 ^nd Battery) ( 614 to display a screen 700 for assigning a function or an application to each.

Referring to (a) of the 7, the first logical battery (1 ^st Battery) (612) and the second logical battery (2 ^nd Battery) (614) each include E-mail, Gallery, Gmail, Google, Movie Studio, Navigation or the like may be assigned to any one of functions or applications of the portable terminal 100. For example, when one of various functions or applications Gmail (720) a second mobile in a logical battery (2 ^nd Battery) (614) by a user of a touch-and-drag operation, the second logical, as in Fig. 7 (b) the Gmail (720) is allocated to the battery ^{(2 nd battery) (614)} , the remaining functions or applications can be allocated to the first logical battery ^{(1 st battery) (612)} .

On the other hand, at least one other function or application other than Gmail (720) may also be assigned to any one of the first logical battery (1 ^st Battery) (612) and the second logical battery ^{(2 nd Battery) (614)} .

As described above, when a function or an application is assigned to each of at least one logical battery, the portable terminal 100 may display at least one logical battery indicator to which the application is allocated in operation 560. [

Figure 8 is an example of a logical battery indicator display according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, the logical battery indicator may be displayed on a home screen or in a status bar 192.

8 (a) shows a case where the logical battery indicator is displayed on the home screen. 8 (a), the original battery (100%) is divided into four logical batteries having capacities of 60%, 30%, 10% and 10%, and each of the four logical batteries is provided with a call function, A logical battery indicator 810 to 840 indicating a case where a tok application (KakaoTalk), a camera function (CAM), and a system function (System) are allocated is displayed on the home screen. At this time, the logical battery to which the system function is allocated may be generated by the mobile terminal 100, not by the user, and may not be accessible by the user.

8 (b) shows a case where the logical battery indicator is displayed in the status bar. 8B shows that two logical battery indicators 850 and 860 can be displayed in the status bar.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention described above, an example has been described in which a logical battery is divided according to an input of a user and a function or an application is assigned to a logical battery. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the logical battery can be automatically divided using the function of the portable terminal 100 or the application usage history, and the function or application can be assigned to the logical battery.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a logical battery partitioning and application allocation operation using a function or application usage history according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the portable terminal 100 may enter the battery division mode in operation 910. [ The mobile terminal 100 may enter the battery division mode according to a battery division request by a user input such as a touch input or may enter the battery division mode automatically according to a predetermined condition using the function or application usage history.

As the portable terminal 100 enters the battery division mode, the portable terminal 100 determines the function or application usage history in operation 920. [

The portable terminal 100 may store a function or an application usage history in the storage unit 175. [ For example, the portable terminal 100 may store the function or application use time, or may store the use frequency. More specifically, the mobile terminal 100 may store the number of functions or applications used for each day of the week from Monday to Sunday. The number of times of use can be increased once per use.

The mobile terminal 100 can determine the time and the amount of time spent by the application or how often the application is used by using the stored function or application usage history as described above. In addition, the portable terminal 100 can determine which function or application is used most frequently during a predetermined period. Also, the portable terminal 100 can determine which function or applications of the applications or applications are most frequently used by the user. Also, the mobile terminal 100 can determine when a function or an application is mainly used.

10 and 11 are diagrams illustrating an example of a table showing an application usage history according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, the mobile terminal 100 can determine the percentage of usage time of each function or application with respect to the usage time of the entire function or application. For example, in FIG. 10, the time spent using the KakaoTalk application is 30%, the time spent using the Facebook application is 15%, the time spent using the phone function is 10% , And the time when the game application is used is determined as 5%.

Referring to FIG. 11, the portable terminal 100 can determine when and how many times the entire function or application is used. For example, Figure 11 shows how many applications were used at what time of the week from Monday to Sunday. For example, a KakaoTalk application was used around 10 pm on Mondays (between 14 and 15 o'clock, for example) and 30 times on 17 o'clock, and the Facebook application was used about 20 o'clock at about 10 o'clock at about 15 o'clock on Monday And FIG.

The portable terminal 100 determines the logical battery division number by using the function or application usage history in operation 930. [ For example, the number of logical battery divisions and the logical battery capacity may be determined according to the number of functions or applications used over a predetermined time and the usage time. For example, referring to FIG. 10, when the entire function or application usage time is 100%, there are four functions or applications that are used for at least 5% or more of the time, such as a kakaoTalk application, a Facebook application, a telephone function, and a game application , The number of logical battery divisions can be determined to be four.

 The number of logical battery partitions may also be determined according to the number of functions or applications used more than a predetermined number of times. For example, the number of logical battery divisions can be determined according to the number of functions or applications used at least 100 times from Monday to Sunday. At this time, the logical battery division number may be set to a predetermined number by the user.

 The portable terminal 100 determines the priority of the function or application to be allocated to the logical battery using the function or application usage history in operation 940. [

For example, the portable terminal 100 may determine that the most frequently used function or application is the highest priority function or application and that the least recently used function or application is the lowest function or application . For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the KakaoTalk application was used for the most time of 30%, then the Facebook application was used 15%, the phone function was used for 10%, the game application was used for 5% It is possible to judge that the kakao tok app is the highest priority application and judge the game application as the lowest priority application.

Also, the mobile terminal 100 judges that the function or application used the greatest number of times of the use of the entire function or application is the highest priority function or application, judges the function or application used the least number of times as the lowest function or application can do. At this time, the mobile terminal 100 may determine the priority of the function or application on the basis of the use time and the number of times of use from Monday to Sunday, that is, one week, more specifically, based on the usage time and use frequency The priority of a function or an application may be determined.

The portable terminal 100 can determine the capacity of the logical battery according to the priority of the function or the application in the 950 operation. For example, the portable terminal 100 can determine the capacity of the logical battery as the higher the priority of the function or the application is, and the smaller the capacity of the logical battery as the priority of the function or the application is lower. On the other hand, the capacity of the logical battery may be predetermined by the user or may be predetermined to a default value.

The portable terminal 100 can allocate the corresponding application to each of at least one or more logical batteries in the 960 operation. For example, if the priority of the function or application is the order of the cacao application, the facebook application, the phone function, and the game application, the portable terminal 100 allocates the highest priority kakaoTalk application to the logical battery having the largest capacity , It is possible to allocate the lowest priority game application to the least amount of logical batteries.

As described above, when a corresponding function or application is allocated to each of at least one or more logical batteries according to the use history of the function or application, the portable terminal 100 displays at least one logical battery indicator allocated to the application in operation 970 Can be displayed. At least one or more logical battery indicator display methods may be the same as those shown in Fig.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 can display the remaining capacity of the at least one battery according to the power consumed by use of a function or an application assigned to at least one logical battery capacity.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a logical battery capacity display operation according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 12, the portable terminal 100 may measure the amount of power consumed by a function or an application allocated to at least one logical battery capacity in operation 1210. FIG.

The portable terminal 100 may calculate the remaining capacity of each logical battery by subtracting the amount of power consumed by the function or application from the capacity of each of the at least one logical battery in operation 1220. [ For example, if the logical battery capacity to which the phone function is assigned is 40% of the total battery capacity 100%, the remaining capacity minus the power consumption used by the phone function at a logical battery capacity of 40% can be calculated. In other words, assuming that the total remaining battery capacity is 2000 mA, the total capacity of the logical battery capacity allocated for the telephone function is 800 mA, which is 40% of 2000 mA, and the remaining capacity is calculated by subtracting the power consumption used by the telephone function at 800 mA . In this case, the power consumption per function or application can be calculated using the average power consumption and the consumed current per second.

By this calculation, the portable terminal 100 can display the remaining capacity for each of at least one or more logical batteries in operation 1230. [

FIG. 13 is an example of a logical battery remaining capacity display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 13, the logical battery remaining capacity may be displayed through a logical battery indicator. The logical battery remaining capacity may be displayed on a home screen or in a status bar 192.

13 (a) shows a case where the logical battery remaining capacity is displayed on the home screen. 13 (a), the original battery is divided into four logical batteries having capacities of 50%, 30%, 10% and 10%, and each of the four logical batteries is provided with a call function, a kakao tok application ), A camera function (CAM), and a system function (System) are allotted on the home screen. At this time, the logical battery remaining capacity may be displayed such that the remaining amount on each of the logical battery indicators 810 to 840 is 1310 to 1340, respectively.

FIG. 13B shows a case where the logical battery remaining capacity is displayed in the status bar 192. FIG. 13B shows that two logical battery indicators 850 and 860 can be displayed in the status bar. At this time, each of the two logical battery indicators 850 and 860 may be displayed in the status bar together with the corresponding remaining capacity (35%, 45%) 1350 and 1360. The user can check how much the logical battery capacity allocated to the corresponding function or application remains through the remaining capacity for each logical battery as described above.

The portable terminal 100 displays the remaining capacity of the battery as described above, and determines which one of the at least one logical battery is discharged in operation 1240.

If any one of the logical batteries is discharged, the portable terminal 100 may block the use of functions or applications corresponding to the discharged logical batteries in operation 1260. [ For example, even if there is a function or an application execution request corresponding to a discharged logical battery by a user, the corresponding function or application may not be executed.

At this time, if any one of the logical batteries is discharged, the portable terminal 100 can cause the phone function to be executed by default instead of the idle screen to reduce battery power consumption. According to another embodiment, when any one of the logical batteries is discharged, each of the logical batteries may be re-divided based on the remaining capacity of the entire battery remaining at the time of discharging, and the remaining capacity of the re-divided logical batteries may be reallocated. For example, if the logical battery capacity for the telephone function is set to 40% of the total battery capacity 100%, if the capacity of 40% is exhausted, the logical battery capacity for the telephone function again based on the remaining capacity of the entire battery Can be reallocated by calculating 40%.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the adjustment of the logical battery is required, the portable terminal 100 can adjust at least one logical battery.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an adjustment operation of a logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 14, the portable terminal 100 determines whether logical battery addition or deletion is necessary in operation 1410. FIG. The portable terminal 100 may determine whether there is input of a logical battery addition or deletion request by the user or whether logical battery addition or deletion is necessary according to the function or application usage history. The portable terminal 100 may add or delete a logical battery as needed at the 1420 operation.

The portable terminal 100 can determine whether logical battery capacity change is necessary in operation 1430. [ It is possible to determine whether there is input of a battery capacity change request by a user or whether a logical battery capacity change is necessary depending on a function or an application usage history. The portable terminal 100 may change the logical battery capacity of each logical battery in accordance with the logical battery capacity change need in operation 1440. [

The portable terminal 100 can determine whether application change assigned to the logical battery is necessary in operation 1450. [ It is possible to judge whether there is a change request input assigned to the logical battery by the user or whether an application change assigned to the logical battery is required according to the function or application usage history. The portable terminal 100 can change the application assigned to each logical battery according to the application change need allocated to each logical battery in operation 1460. [ At this time, for example, if a telephone function is assigned to an existing logical battery, if the user desires to further allocate a social network service (SNS) function, the logical battery is further allocated with the SNS function together with the telephone function .

15 is an example of a logical battery adjustment screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 15A, the portable terminal 100 is divided into a plurality of logical batteries 1510 in a state where the logical batteries 1510 are divided, such as call 50% (1512), KAtok 30% (1514), and system 10% A logical battery may be added to assign other applications 1518 to the batteries 1510. [ At this time, if the icon of another application 1518 is touched and dragged by the user and dropped on the logical batteries 1510, a logical battery to which another application 1518 is allocated can be added.

Referring to FIG. 15B, the portable terminal 100 can be operated in a state in which the logical batteries 1510 are divided, such as call 50% (1512), cable 30% (1514), and system 10% The capacity of each of the logical batteries 1510 can be changed by sliding the boundary between the logical batteries 1510. For example, if there is an input by the user that slides the boundary between the koko 30% 1514 and the system 10% 1516 towards the kokok 1514, then the capacity of the system 1516 is increased and the kokok 1514 ) May be reduced.

The mobile terminal 100 can display at least one logical battery adjusted in the 1480 operation as the logical battery adjustment in the operation 1470 is completed.

Meanwhile, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 may be configured to assign a category including at least one application to each of at least one logical battery, or to allocate one application.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of allocating at least one application to each logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a category or application allocation screen for a logical battery according to an embodiment of the present invention .

Referring to FIGS. 16 and 17, the portable terminal 100 can select whether the logical battery is allocated for each category or for each application in the 1610 operation. At this time, the logical battery may be preset to be allocated for each category, or may be set in advance for each application, regardless of whether the logical battery is allocated for each category or for each application.

The portable terminal 100 can set a category to be allocated to each logical battery in operation 1620 if a method of allocating it by category is selected. For example, the portable terminal 100 can set the category number 1712, the category type 1714, and the category logical battery capacity 1716 in the logical battery setting screen 1710 as shown in Fig. 17A have. Specifically, two category numbers 1712 are set, two category types 1714 are set to the Internet category and other categories, respectively, and the logical battery capacity 1716 for each category is set to 48% The category battery capacity can be set to 38%. At this time, the Internet category may include at least one application related to the Internet, and the other category may include at least one other application. When the category to be allocated to each logical battery is set, the portable terminal 100 can store a category assigned to each logical battery at 1630. [

If the portable terminal 100 selects a method for allocating each application, it is possible to set an application to be allocated to each logical battery in operation 1640. [ For example, the portable terminal 100 displays usage times 1721-1 to 1726-n for each of at least one application 1721 to 1726 included in each category on the logical battery setting screen 1720 as shown in Fig. 17B. 1) can be selected to set an application to be allocated to each logical battery. Specifically, for example, when 60 minutes (1721-1) is selected for app1 1721, it is possible to set app1 to be allocated to a logical battery having a power consumption of app1 for 60 minutes. The mobile terminal 100 may store the application allocated to each logical battery in the 1650 operation when the application to be allocated to each logical battery is set.

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the user can use each logical battery for one application purpose, or can use each logical battery for a plurality of applications corresponding to the same category.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, when at least one application is assigned to at least one logical battery, an icon corresponding to an application not allocated to at least one logical battery is not displayed on the home screen It can be made inactive.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of displaying an application icon on a home screen screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 19 illustrates an example of a home screen screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 18 and 19, the portable terminal 100 can determine whether to display a home screen in operation 1810. FIG. The home screen may be the main home screen. The main home screen may be the first screen displayed on the touch screen 190 when the portable terminal 100 is powered on. Also, if the portable terminal 100 has different home pages of several pages, the main home page may be the first one of the home pages of the plurality of pages. For example, the portable terminal 100 may include shortcut icons 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905 for executing first through sixth applications app1 through app6 frequently used as shown in FIG. 1906 can be displayed and icons such as a telephone icon 1911, a message icon 1912, a phonebook icon 1913, and a main menu switching icon 1914 can be displayed.

When the home screen is displayed, the portable terminal 100 may determine an icon of an application not allocated to the logical battery among the icons to be displayed on the home screen in operation 1820. [ The mobile terminal 100 may make the icon of the application not allocated to the logical battery among the icons to be displayed on the home screen in the 1830 operation not to be displayed or deactivated.

For example, the portable terminal 100 includes shortcut icons 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906 for executing the first to sixth applications app1 to app6, a phone icon 1911, The third to sixth applications (app3 to app6), the telephone icon 1911, the message icon 1912, the phone book icon 1912, the telephone book icon 1913, the main menu change icon 1914, (B) of FIG. 19, the third to sixth applications (app3 to app6), the telephone icon 1911, the message icon 1912, the telephone number The third to sixth applications (app3 to app6), the telephone icon 1911, the message icon 1912, the telephone book icon 1913, and the telephone book icon 1913 are displayed on the home screen as shown in FIG. (For example, displayed in a locked state, etc.) on the home screen.

In addition, the portable terminal 100 can determine whether any one of the logical batteries is discharged during the display of the home screen in operation 1840. The portable terminal 100 can control the icon of the application allocated to the logical battery discharged in operation 1850 from being displayed or inactivated when any one of the logical batteries is discharged during the display of the home screen. For example, each time the at least one logical battery is discharged, the portable terminal 100 may display an icon of the application allocated to the discharged logical battery or may be inactivated. Accordingly, icons of the application may not be sequentially displayed or deactivated according to the discharge order of at least one or more logical batteries.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, among the icons to be displayed on the home screen, the icon of the application not allocated to the logical battery is disabled or controlled so as not to be displayed, thereby limiting the use of the application not allocated to the logical battery.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 may display a warning message and block the corresponding function when any one of the at least one logical battery is discharged or at least one or more logical batteries are discharged .

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating at least one logical battery discharge operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 21 and 22 illustrate exemplary screens for at least one logical battery discharge according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 20, the portable terminal 100 may determine whether any one of at least one logical battery is discharged in the 2010 operation. The portable terminal 100 may display a warning message in operation 2020 when any one of the logical batteries is discharged and block application execution corresponding to the discharged logical battery. For example, when one of the logical batteries of at least one logical battery is discharged, the portable terminal 100 displays a warning message indicating that one of the logical batteries has been discharged, and may block an application corresponding to the discharged logical battery have. Also, if at least one or more logical batteries are discharged, the portable terminal 100 displays a warning message indicating that at least one or more logical batteries have been discharged, and may block execution of all applications assigned to at least one or more logical batteries.

The portable terminal 100 may display a password input request message in operation 2030. [ For example, the portable terminal 100 may display a password input request message together with a warning message, or may display a password input request message after displaying a warning message. The portable terminal 100 can determine whether a password is input according to a password input request message in operation 2040. [ The portable terminal 100 can switch the mode from the logical battery operation mode to the normal battery operation mode or reset the logical battery in operation 2050 when the user inputs the password

21, when the logical battery to which the game application is allocated is discharged during the execution of the game application 2100 as shown in FIG. 21 (a), the mobile terminal 100 transmits a password input request message 2111 The warning message 2110 can be displayed. When the password is input, the portable terminal 100 switches the mode from the logical battery operation mode to the normal battery operation mode and displays a normal screen according to the normal battery operation mode, such as the home screen 2101 ) Can be displayed. In this case, the normal battery operation mode may be a mode in which the entire capacity of one or a plurality of physical batteries is recognized as one original battery and operated.

22, the portable terminal 100 displays a warning message 2210 when the logical battery to which the game application is allocated during the execution of the game application screen 2200 is discharged, as shown in FIG. 22 (a) can do. After displaying the warning message 2210, the portable terminal 100 displays a logical battery setting screen 2201 as shown in FIG. 22 (b), a password input request message 2220 for logical battery reset, Can be displayed. The portable terminal 100 can reset the logical battery according to the user's input when the password is inputted in response to the password input request message 2220 for logical battery reset. When the logical battery reset is completed, the portable terminal 100 can display a normal screen such as a home screen 2220 according to the logical battery reset as shown in FIG. 22 (c).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, application execution corresponding to a discharged logical battery in a logical battery discharge can be blocked, thereby limiting application usage so that an application can be used only for a logical battery capacity. For example, when a game application is allocated to one logical battery, the game application can be prevented from being used when the logical battery capacity is exhausted, so that the game application can be restricted to use only a predetermined logical battery capacity.

Meanwhile, according to various embodiments of the present invention, the portable terminal 100 may reset the logical battery through the logical battery reset menu in response to a user request regardless of whether the logical battery is discharged or not.

23 is a diagram illustrating a logical battery reset screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 23, the portable terminal 100 may display a logical battery setting menu 2310, for example, a smart battery start menu on the setting screen 2300 as shown in FIG. 23 (a). In addition to the logical battery setting menu 2310, the setting screen may include other setting menus such as a WiFi setting menu, a GPS setting menu, a Vibrate setting menu, and the like. When the logical battery setting menu 2310 is selected by the user, the portable terminal 100 displays the logical battery setting screen 2301 as shown in FIG. 23 (b), inputs a password for logical battery reset A request message 2320 may be displayed. The portable terminal 100 can reset the logical battery according to user input through the logical battery setting items 2330 when the password is input in response to the password input request message 2320 for logical battery reset.

The methods according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be known and available to those of ordinary skill in the computer software arts.

It will be appreciated that the method of providing battery information in an electronic device according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. Such arbitrary software may be stored in a memory such as, for example, a volatile or non-volatile storage device such as a storage device such as ROM or the like, or a memory such as a RAM, a memory chip, a device or an integrated circuit, , Or a storage medium readable by a machine (e.g., a computer), such as a CD, a DVD, a magnetic disk, or a magnetic tape, as well as being optically or magnetically recordable. A method of providing battery information in an electronic device according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer or a mobile terminal including a control unit and a memory and the memory may be a program or a program including instructions for implementing the embodiments of the present invention Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > readable < / RTI > machine. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention include a program comprising code for implementing the apparatus or method as claimed in any of the claims herein, and a storage medium readable by a machine (such as a computer) for storing such a program. In addition, such a program may be electronically transported through any medium such as a communication signal transmitted via a wired or wireless connection, and the present invention appropriately includes the same.

In addition, the portable terminal according to the embodiments of the present invention can receive and store the program from a program providing apparatus connected by wire or wireless. The program providing apparatus includes: a memory for storing a program including instructions for performing a user interface method according to various embodiments of the present invention; a communication unit for performing wired or wireless communication with the portable terminal; And a control unit for controlling the terminal to transmit the program through the communication unit upon request or automatically.

Claims (31)

In the electronic device,
A storage unit for storing an application usage history;
And a controller for dividing the entire battery capacity into at least one logical battery and allocating at least one application to each of the at least one logical battery according to the application usage history.
The method according to claim 1,
And provides the remaining capacity for each of the at least one logical battery according to the amount of power consumed by use of at least one application allocated to the at least one logical battery.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a display unit for displaying a remaining capacity for each of the at least one logical battery.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the application usage history includes any one of an application usage count and an application usage time,
Wherein the control unit determines the at least one application priority using one of the application usage count and the usage time and assigns an application to each of the at least one logical battery according to the at least one application priority order .
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit blocks execution of an application assigned to a discharged logical battery when any one of the at least one logical battery is discharged.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit adjusts the capacity of each of the at least one logical battery based on the remaining capacity of the entire battery at the time of discharge when any one of the at least one logical battery is discharged.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit changes the number of the at least one logical battery, the capacity of the at least one logical battery, and the application allocated to the at least one logical battery according to the adjustment request of the at least one logical battery Electronics.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the at least one logical battery includes at least one of a logical battery for emergency and a logical battery for a system, the access being restricted by a user.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit assigns a category including at least one application to each of the at least one logical battery.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit allocates one application to each of the at least one logical battery.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit controls so that an icon of an application not allocated to the logical battery is not displayed.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit controls to prevent an icon of an application allocated to a discharged logical battery from being displayed when any one of the at least one logical battery is discharged.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit displays a warning message when the at least one logical battery is discharged, and blocks execution of the application assigned to the at least one logical battery.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit displays a password input request message when the at least one logical battery is discharged and switches to a normal battery operation mode when a password is input.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit displays a battery reset screen and a password input request message when the at least one logical battery is discharged and resets a logical battery according to input of a password by a user and input of a logical battery reset value, .
A method for providing battery information in an electronic device,
Storing an application usage history,
And allocating at least one application to each of the at least one logical battery according to the application usage history.
17. The method of claim 16,
Further comprising: providing remaining capacity for each of the at least one logical battery according to a power consumption consumed by use of at least one application allocated to the at least one logical battery. Delivery method.
17. The method of claim 16,
Further comprising displaying an amount of remaining capacity for each of the at least one logical battery.
17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the application usage history includes any one of an application usage count and an application usage time,
Wherein the assigning of the application comprises:
Determining at least one or more application priorities using any one of the application usage count and the usage time;
And allocating an application to each of the at least one logical battery according to the at least one application priority.
17. The method of claim 16,
Further comprising the step of, when one of the logical batteries of the at least one logical battery is discharged, blocking execution of an application assigned to the discharged logical battery.
17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the capacity of each of the at least one or more logical batteries is adjusted based on a remaining capacity of the entire battery at the time of discharge when any one of the at least one logical battery is discharged. Way.
17. The method of claim 16,
And changing the number of the at least one logical battery, the capacity of the at least one logical battery, and the application allocated to the at least one logical battery according to the adjustment request of the at least one logical battery. Wherein the battery information is provided by the electronic device.
17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the at least one logical battery includes at least one of a logical battery for emergency and a logical battery for a system, the access being restricted by a user.
17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein a category including at least one application is assigned to each of the at least one logical battery.
17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein one application is allocated to each of the at least one logical battery.
17. The method of claim 16,
Further comprising: controlling an icon of an application not allocated to the logical battery to be displayed.
17. The method of claim 16,
Further comprising controlling an icon of an application allocated to a discharged logical battery so that, when any one of the at least one logical battery is discharged, an icon of an application allocated to the discharged logical battery is not displayed.
17. The method of claim 16,
Displaying an alert message when the at least one logical battery is discharged,
Further comprising: blocking execution of an application assigned to the at least one logical battery.
17. The method of claim 16,
Displaying a password input request message when the at least one logical battery is discharged;
Further comprising switching to a normal battery operation mode when the password is input.
17. The method of claim 16,
Displaying a battery reset screen and a password input request message when the at least one logical battery is discharged;
Further comprising the step of resetting the logical battery according to input of a password by a user and input of a logical battery reset value.
A storage medium storing a battery information providing method,
In the portable terminal,
Storing an application usage history,
Allocating at least one application to each of at least one logical battery according to the application usage history;
Wherein the controller performs the operation of providing the remaining capacity for each of the at least one logical battery according to the power consumption consumed by use of the at least one application allocated to the at least one logical battery.

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